Kidney transplantation and the intensity of poverty in the contiguous United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Geographic variation in kidney transplantation rates in the United States has been described previously but remains unexplained by age, race, sex, or socioeconomic status differences. Geographic variations in the concentration of poverty appear to impact end-stage renal disease care and potentially access to transplantation.

Methods

We studied the impact of how spatial topography of poverty across geographical regions in the contiguous United States is associated with kidney transplantation in the 48 contiguous U.S. states.

Results

We found considerable geographic variation in transplantation rates across the country that persisted across quartiles of county-level median household income and percentage minority population. Higher transplant rates were seen

SUBMITTER: Mohan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4182918 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature